By the time this post is published, the Yale Law Journal Online will have published a series of essays from the formerly incarcerated, including mine on The Effort to Reform the Federal Criminal Justice System. In the essay, I explain how the First Step Act came to...

The First Step Act is the most meaningful prison-reform legislation that has passed since President Clinton signed the Anti-Terrorism and Death Penalty Act, back in 1996. It applies to all people in federal prison. President Trump signed the First Step Act into law in...

Understand The First Step Act To learn more about The First Step Act, take a look at the first in a series of articles our team has begun to write by clicking the following link; Helping You Understand The First Step Act This legislation will work wonders for people...

Victorville Federal Correctional Complex Today I’m traveling to the Federal Correctional Complex, in Victorville. I’m scheduled to arrive at 7:00 am and I’ll spend a full day inside of the prison. My understanding is that I’ll present for inmates from 7:30 until...